by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
Thank you, thank you, thank you R.G! You pushed my buttons just enough that I had no other choice but to lash out, to strike back. Disrespect will only be tolerated so long. Sun-Tzu warns every general not to push an enemy into a corner, for then they will fight to...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
I cannot understand the depths of some kids' sense of disrespect. After six weeks at Hawthorne High School, I could not understand what had been holding me back for so long. Why did I have such a difficult time when it came to dealing with unruly elements, with...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
I had had enough. I tried to negotiate with the students; I was still dealing with an empty and unsupportive principal who kept giving me a hard time about the syllabus which I had given to the students. This man thought that he was a corporate CEO, that his calling...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
I did not sleep well one day that I was working for Brea Olinda. What was this nightmare in which I found myself? What could be done to break free? I kept thinking that if I tried a little harder, did a little more, planned the lessons a little tighter, then...
by altha-admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Articles
At Brea, I had on parent conference one time, and this was the first day that I was on the job. This student was an unruly type, a kid who loved to push and act up in class. He was a really tough customer, in terms of the fact that I could not get him to calm down. I...
